Paul Blackburn wrote
> PS I know that the current release of AFS 3.6 for Linux runs with
> kernel 2.2.16. However, we will soon see a new release of RedHat and
> I hope Transarc will be able to update their AFS linux release for
> the newer kernels.
Not only does libafs.o module depend on a particular kernel, but afsd
depends on a _particular version of libc_. This isn't stated anywhere
as far as I am aware.
It took me a long time and AFS support were of absolutely no help at
all in finding out why I got SIGSEGVs when trying to run afsd on a
Debian GNU/Linux slink (2.1), upgraded to any recent 2.2.1x kernel.
Finally, I figured the reason is that slink ships with glibc 2.0.7 and
afsd has been built against glibc 2.1 on RH 6.0.
Upgrading Debian to potato (2.2) which comes with glibc 2.1 has
solved this particular problem but introduced a gazillion others
with old programs not working or working in a very odd fashion...
Perhaps some kind soul with source could compile afsd on ANY Linux
against glibc 2.0 and contrib the results, if it's okay with Pittsburgh.
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